Abnormal development of the brain in an intractable disease, thanatophoric dysplasia

In this study, by combining ferrets, whose brain is rather similar to that of humans, and unique technique developed by the present researchers, neuronal translocation along radial glial fibers to the cerebral cortex during fetal brain development has been discovered to be aberrant, which suggests the cause underlying TD.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news